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By Cameron Hand Hartford CREC Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies How do you sum up one of the most memorable experiences in your life? It isn't easy, but a good place to start would probably be my visit to Central Methodist Church, which has housed thousands of Zimbabwean refugees in Johannesburg, South Africa. From this experience I realized that South Africa needs a stronger economy, better health care, and improved infrastructure. My two-week visit to South Africa was part of a semester-long course at CREC's Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies. The class studied the historical, social, political, and economic...

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By Cameron HandHartfordCREC Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies
How do you sum up one of the most memorable experiences in your life? It isn't easy, but a good place to start would probably be my visit to Central Methodist...

By Kobey Wesley Smith Bloomfield, ConnecticutCREC Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and International Studies Two years ago, my history teacher was talking to me about the life-changing experience that she was able to have while chaperoning a school...

By Natalie LoweBloomfield, CTCREC Metropolitan Center for Global and International Studies
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Following news that nine Connecticut residents have, as a precautionary measure, been quarantined and monitored for possible exposure to Ebola, the state of Connecticut is launching an informational website to keep state residents updated about the latest...

Nine people are being quarantined in the state so they may be monitored for possible exposure to Ebola, state health officials said Wednesday.
The Department of Public Health has issued four quarantine orders, involving the nine unidentified individuals,...

WEST HAVEN – Nine people are being quarantined in the state so they can be monitored for possible exposure to Ebola, state health officials said.
The Department of Public Health has issued four quarantine orders, involving the nine unidentified...

New state Ebola guidelines require that even those returning from West African travel with no symptoms to go through a 21-day quarantine, but the state health commissioner said that, in reality, she would have the discretion to decide whether such a...

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A final test confirmed late Friday afternoon that the Yale doctoral student back from Liberia does not have Ebola, and with that, hospitals in the state returned to their new normal: checking protective gear, listening for updates in federal protocol, and...

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With Ebola claiming 200 lives a day and poised to explode further, time is of the essence.
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Paul Zeleza, of Cheshire, vice president of academic affairs at Quinnipiac University, has written a new book, "Africa's Resurgence: Domestic, Global and Diaspora Transformations."
"The book is written in a way that makes it accessible...

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The vaccine scientist pulls up to a monitor displaying fresh results from a test. Two lines, one blue, one red, cut across a graph. He walks to another...

HARTFORD – Connecticut hospitals have already spent more than $5 million on planning and preparations to deal with possible Ebola patients in this state, lawmakers were told Monday.
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